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Let me start with your name. When I first found out I was pregnant with you, I thought I was a having a boy for a split second. But after some time, I knew in my heart, you were a little girl. When it was confirmed in the 20 week ultrasound that my suspicions of you being a girl were true, there was only one name I wanted you to have --- Grace.
Grace was my grandmas name - Pops' mom- she died the day after my 9th birthday. She was full of energy, love and life. It's funny when I was growing up, Cici and Pop used to say I was like 'Grace' because of somethings I did or said was like my grandmother. Now, looking back, its like you have always been a part of me - the part that I thought was my grandmother, might have been you as well. So for starters, you were named after your Great Grandmother, who would've loved you soo much.
Secondly, Grace is a way of living. To live with Grace, to me, means to live with dignity, pride, compassion, humanity and all things good. Your dad and I named you Grace with the feeling that you would encompass all of these qualities. I also felt that it would be through you, that I would learn to live with all of those qualities as well.
One of my favorite bands U2 has a song 'Grace'....The following lyrics from the song make me smile whenever I hear it.
Grace, she takes the blame
She covers the shame
Removes the stain
It could be her name
Grace, its the name for a girl
it's also a thought that changed the World.
And when she walks on the street
You can hear the strings
Grace finds goodness in everything.
What once was hurt
What once was friction
What left a mark
no longer stings
because Grace makes beauty out of ugly things.
*********************************************************************************Grace, you make my life beautiful. Happy 5th Birthday - I know you will do wonderful things with you life, you already have!
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